Articles about Granada

Granada warns viewers

HTV’s programme controller on why we should see more from the smaller ITV companies

…says Granada in 1988

A hi-tech TV experiment creates a village in Lancashire with an amazing choice of 30 TV channels

The pick of the day’s television today in 1984

Photographs of the people behind the pictures

Charles Foster of Granada has died

Inside Granada Television in 1988

New technology sweeps ITV, with ENG, computer editing and ½-inch tape at the fore

There’s a new kid on the Granada block: Phil Redmond aims to take the North West franchise in 1991

300 possible applicants for the 1968 ITV contracts… and the Midlands is the one they all want

What makes ITV worth watching is regional programmes from your local station, says the IBA in 1976

A trip behind the scenes of the frantic treadmill involved in producing two episodes a week of ‘Coronation Street’ in 1979

June 1970: a prolonged strike at Granada has just finished, but, the Financial Times asks, will they ever recover? And even if they do, surely Coronation Street is now doomed?

Pete Singleton remembers his personal 1964

The TVTimes looks west of the Pennines for a glimpse of what a 7-day Granada will look like in July 1968

A look at what was on Granada and Channel 4 on Thursday 25 July 1985

Lord Bernstein thinks that colour is a waste of money. The Daily Telegraph in 1969 does not

Has the IBA managed to bring peace to the Westward board room? And even if so, will they force Westward to merge with a rival bidder? Peter Fiddick of The Guardian speculates in October 1980

Granada Television starts the day on the evening of its new 7-day contract

A look at what was on Granada in the North on Monday 11 April 1960

A look at what was on Granada in the North on Monday 27 March 1960

Granada stars working on a building site are imagined in this twaddle from the TVTimes in 1958

A look at what was on Granada in the North on Thursday 14 February 1963

The strike over, the TVTimes looks ahead to the new-look ITV in 1968 and beyond

Some television historians walk into a bar…

Inside Granada’s World in Action in 1967

From the North: Tom Hargreaves remembers a tour around Granada’s studios in 1967

A look at what was on Granada on Monday 18 October 1976

A look at what was on Granada on Saturday 27 September 1969

Meet the boy who won Granada’s Criss Cross Quiz in 1959

Granada and the TVTimes in 1960 look at what became of the baby from A Diary for Timothy

Television cameras around the home, recording their every move? 1962 celebrities say yes please!

An interview from 2001 with Teledu Cymru continuity announcer and actress Iris Jones, republished upon her death on 29 June 2017

A look at what children were watching on ITV in 1963

Mike Scott celebrates 7 years of Granada in 1963

A look at what was on Granada on Easter Monday 19 April 1965

Our series on the first year of Granada reviews their light entertainment output

Our series on the first year of Granada looks at local news for the North

Our series on the first year of Granada features Randolph Churchill discussing Granada’s journalism

Our series on the first year of Granada sees Tony Richardson discussing Granada’s contribution to drama

Our series looking at the first year of Granada sees opening night upon us

Our series about the first year of Granada looks at constructing the Quay Street studios

The story of Granada’s ambitious 1969 colour special

Our series on the first year of Granada continues with a look at the birth of the station